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martedì 18 maggio 2010

Meeting...Adam Smith

Name: Adam

Surname:Smith

Age:16 (17 in june)

Place of Birth: Blackpool (United Kingdom)

Where do you live: Preston (United Kingdom)

Height and Weight: 183cm 65kg

What are your hobbies?: My hobbies are racing go karts and playing on ps3

What do you do in your life?: I currently go to college and study engineering

Who is the most beutiful woman in the world?: Cheryl Cole

Adam during a pause in Monaco Thursay free practise session.

How many years did you race rF online?: About 1 year now

What kind of controller do you use: I use a ps3 controller

Do you like rF1?: I think rf1 is a great league it is really fun and competative and all of the players are very friendly !!!

What kind of modifies do you suggest for rF1?: A good way to find who is the best driver would be to give everybody the same set up so we are all even and who ever wins the race is obviously the best driver.

Who is going to win?: I think Baroni has a strong chance of winning the championship but I wouldnt count Giammy Serra out yet as his consistency is paying off !!

Who is the surprise?: I think Giammy is a surprise as he is the only driver to finish every race well done !

What's your favourite real driver?: Probobly Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. Jenson is a very tactical racer and very precise and Lewis is a very aggresive driver and produces excellent overtaking moves.

Smith's best finish this year is a 6th place in Sepang.

What's your favourite track?: My faviourite track is probobly either Monaco or Singapore. Singapore is amazing to watch the cars in the dark they look brilliant ! Monaco is a fantastic race and is very glamours.

What kind of different league would you like to race? Probobly one of the GT series or Megane cup.

Thanks Adam, see you in track! ;)

domenica 16 maggio 2010

Flash News #03 - 05.16.2010

Turkish driver for Red Bull: Ahmet Kesgin.
Red Bull signed the turkish driver Ahmet Kesgin for the rest of the season. The new RBR driver will debut in Great Bretain Grand Prix, with the no.14 car. Great satisfaction for the RBR Team Principal Chris Horner, who admit the team was really determinte to sign the turkish driver.
Turkish driver Ahmet Kesgin during mid-week shakedown.

Zingalus is in renewal talks with Ferrari.
After a good start of the season (excluding the episodes of DSQ) Ferrari is in talks with Zingalus for a contract extension in next season. Stefano Domenicali admits the contact with the manager of Zingalus, hoping the deal is made in a month. Of course, also Zingalus is excited for the chance to renewal with Ferrari, but would like to obtain better economic terms.
Alex Zingalus won in Malaysia this season.

President John Howett is satisfied with Toyota.
The Toyota President, John Howett, is satisfied with the balance of the first half of the season. "We are doing a good job - says Howett - we have two really good drivers and the team is improving step by step. Iudicello finished in top eight six times in six races, while Vacca ended in points three of six: is a great result for us". At the question connected with the future he says: "We dont know what's the future for Toyota F1 Team at the moment". Might just be the Toyota then to leave the circus next season?
Toyota's President John Howett is quite happy for the first half of the season.

Mario Nieto talks with rF1 Press
We met Mario Nieto in the Brawn Headquarters, during a break from the driving simulator test. He told us: "After 2nd place in Australia it's been hard to get a good position in the grid, I've had accidents that aren't my fault and some that were my fault as it always happens in races. It's been an exciting season until now even tho I haven't been able to be at all races because of personal stuff but I am still fighting to get good results as I did in Melbourne, I've noticed that the level of driving from the other drivers has increased extremely, and thats good because it makes the league more competitive. I'm so excited about the races to come like Spa, Turkey, Silverstone, Brazil, its gonna be awesome and I'll give my best to get more podiums on this season." Good Luck Mario!
Mario Nieto, nine points in six races.

2010, a full grid!
The recent confirmation of grid enlargement, suggest us the chance to have a huge number of drivers in track for 2010 season. Last season we saw a big number of drivers was in 1994. The new three teams (Manor, Campos and USF1) already started their works to be ready for final season tests in November and December. We are sure that a battle between 26 cars is going to be amazing!
Are we going to have a bigger grid in 2010 season?

venerdì 14 maggio 2010

Meeting...Simone Cabiddu

Meeting...Simone Cabiddu (Monaco winner)

Name:
Miguel (Simone)

Surname:
Sburroso (Cabiddu)

Age:
33

Place of Birth:
Lanusei (Italy, Sardinia, NU)

Where do you live:
Cagliari (Italy, Sardinia, CA)

Height and Weight:
1,80 cm – 79 Kg

Simone and one of his favourites hobbies...

What do you do in your life?:
I own two Football and Basket stores in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) visit our site here: http://www.kempesandbarkley.com

What are your hobbies?:
My hobbies are Football (play and watch it on the TV), travelling and Computer (PC).

Who is the most beautiful woman in the world?:
Hard question… woman is the thing that’s around the hole??? Am I wrong???

How many years did you race rF online?:
I race online from about 4 months and suddenly became a great passion. Adrenaline, competition and fight make this game really exciting

What kind of controller do you use:
After a month of training with the keyboard now I’m using a wheel: Logitech Wingman Force Formula GP. Not the best wheel, I know, but an honest and working one.

Do you like rF1?:
rF1 is a great league, friendly but with an high competition, I can learn watching drivers faster than me and then try to improve my driving skills. I also like very much the international spirit of this league.

What kind of modifies do you suggest for rF1?:
Everything is quite perfect here, in the next edition I would like to have longest races, 50% of real races I think is the best solution because drivers can really think about tactics, tyres and fuel.

Who is going to win?:
Surely Corigliano and Baroni are the most talented drivers of the league, Cori’s consistency now gives him the leadership of the championship but I think that if Baroni will improve his consistency he will win because driving in the circuit he has no rivals.

Cabiddu celebrates after his first victory ever.

Who is the surprise?:
After the last race in Monte Carlo I have to say that’s me ahahah, jajajaja, jejejeje, rsrsrsrsrsrs, hahahaha…

What's your favourite real driver?:
My favourite driver of all times is Alain Prost, because of his clean style and great consistency, a driver I admire of nowdays is Fernando Alonso, really talented and smart.

What's your favourite track?:
Now I love Monaco because of the victory I gained but I can say that for my driving skills China and Barcelona till now are my favourites.

What kind of different league would you like to race?:
I would like a covered wheel race like DTM, Megane or GT

Thanks Simone, see you in track!

mercoledì 12 maggio 2010

Report cards and assessments - by AX89

Nicola Bianchi is still in troubles: he never ended a race.
Nicola Bianchi - 2
He didn't had a qualify time, and also he didn't joined tests. On race, he started 12th and lost almost immediately four positions, moving last on the back. He did 63 contacts, including the accident that costed him the retirment before ending first lap. Worst driver of this race.

Gianpiero Baroni - 4
He managed the second place on start grid, but he had problems with his connection, costed him to have minor lags, and to hit a car in front of him, hitting later as consequence the wall, and retiring from the race. Worst race for his career, he probably could had the possibility to avoid that accident and to race normally with great possibilities.

Juan Manuel Cardozo - 3
He also didn't a qualify time, but started immediately behind the last pilot with a time scored. He did only 4 laps before retiring for a big damage to suspensions. On those laps, he didn't proved to be enough strong, losing four positions on the first lap and returning to the pit, recovering one position only for piddu's retirement. Bad race for him.

Tomas Luty - 3
This driver hadn't a qualify time, and he was the last at start. He recovered well nine positions on the first 2 laps, but he lost again six positions on the following 2 laps because of accidents. He pitted on every lap of race, except lap 1 and lap 5. A race to forget for him: with only 6 laps on track, he didn't repeated his tests times, showing poor performances.

Luc Bernard - 5
Also no qualify time for him: starting on 13th position, he recovered several positions even if he pitted on first lap, moving on 6th place until lap 3. He lost one position after that lap, but recovered it later, only for a single lap: an accident ended his race. Generally, he managed a good race with a high constancy, proving to be able to end the race with points.


Giaki Serra - 5
Another bad weekend for this driver. He started on 7th place, recovering three positions during first 3 laps, but losing one during following laps. He managed a well race until lap nine when he had a great number of contacts, costing him to enter the pits for 2 laps sequentially. At lap 10, he did the last mistake that costed the retirement. Another no-point race for him.

Adam Smith - 4
A crazy drive style, that allowed him to recover, even if starting in 8th, three positions on the first lap, causing contacts with more than a single driver. Later on race he dropped down to the 11th place, pitting on lap 2, but he recovered again five positions. A suspensions damage marked his retirement at lap 12, during which he showed a great force mixed to a bad drivestyle: a very strange guy.

Giuseppe Greg - 5
Starting on 14th position by a penalty, he slowly climbed up to the 9th place, even if stopped by 3 pit stops, but at that point, the race ended for him, on lap 12. He showed surely a sort of constancy, but not enough to end race safely, thanks also for the retirement of other pilots. An unclear race for him, with lot of average results.

Zingalus was the best driver of the race for the press.

Mario Wariof - 4
A very strange race for this driver. He started on 6th place, climbing up to the third place in only 2 laps. He maintained that place for 5 laps, prior to fall down because of several accidents, caused even by his damaged steering wheel, that forced him to go in the pits for 6 times. He recovered some positions, until the end of race, but he ended 8th with a delay of 5 laps from the first. Bad weekend for him.

Daniele Vacca - 6
He started on 10th place. He moved to the 5th place during first 2 laps, but he rolled back almost last in the following lap. He recovered slowly five positions, moving on 7th place from the middle of the race onward, until the end. Finally, some point for that pilot, but from a G25 user, we expect more than this "lucky but poor" performance, even if he was constant.

Max Burdisso - 8
He qualified 9th in the grid. He didn't done a good qualify time, but his race was pretty good: on start he defended his position, but an accident forced him to pit at lap 2, losing some positions. His constancy allowed him to drive with a very small amount of contacts with barriers, moving up to the 6th place, even if he was one of the slowest drivers of the day. Nice race for this guy.

Antonio Iudicello - 6
The curse of the 5th place stuck still continue on this race for him. A great number of contacts with barriers ruined a little his day. He proved to be competitive during weekend and tests, even if scored a bad time on qualify, but he did a lot of little mistakes that costed him to lose time on the first half of race. He started and finished 5th, but he wasn't constant on lap times. Not a good work from this driver.

Alex Zingalus - 9
He started 15th on the grid for the penalty. He had a great race, even if he was 4th at the end: he did a very well race, with high performance per lap, small amount of contacts, good strategy. Only a little disappoint for tyres, which costed him to lose the opportunity to fight for a place on the podium. Generally, the best driver of the race.

Giammy Serra - 9
A great race day for this driver. He started on 4th position, but dropped down to the 8th position for a puncture, pitting on lap 2. Immediately, he choosed to change strategy for his race, refueling enough to end the race. Step-by-step, he recovered a great amount of positions, pushing himself to the 2nd place, lost at only 3 laps from the end, because of the tyre fatigue. Great performance from him, he gained a very deserved third place on podium today, the 2nd best driver of the race.

Davide Corigliano - 7
Not a good race for him: he realized the pole position and the fastest lap on Monaco, but his strategy didn't paid off. Running on soft tyres gave him an advantage at the first laps, but his lead was compromised at lap 13, when he pitted also for repairing some damages. He lost three positions, and his luck to finish on 2nd place was aided by Giammy's weak tyres, that prevented at the same time Alex to overtake him (Giammy), slowing both of them, and helping Corigliazzu to overtake both Alex and Giammy in 2 laps: not exactly what we expected today.

Simone Cabiddu - 8
A deserved podium for him: the great efforts showed by him today had been the prove of that. He gained the 2nd place immediately before suppapiddu's retirement. His consistency and constancy had been paid off, with a slight help from the Corigliazzu's mistakes and from the delayed drivers. Not an easy job, but his work has produced his fortune and his victory today.

rFactor1 Monaco Grand Prix - Montecarlo - Race comment

After Spanish Grand Prix, rFactor1 finally arrives in the most peculiar track the history of F1, the street circuit of Monte Carlo. Qualify were really exciting, with the pole position for Corigliano, second place for Baroni, third for Cabiddu and fourth for GM Serra. Zingalus and Greg started last because of the penalties received in the previous race.

Force India an half lap before the accident of Baroni. Cabiddu still don't know he's going to win an awesome race.

Turns off the red lights, Baroni started a little bit slowly and Cabiddu joins him, but didnt attack at first corner. Good start for Zingalus and Giaky Serra, as always. Accident and retire for Bianchi, at the end of the lap pitstops for Iudicello, Greg, Bernard and Cardozo.
Lap two, one of the most important moments of the race: Baroni made a mistake and crashed at Sainte-Devote: Cabiddu and GM Serra were chasing and the Toro Rosso driver hit Baroni's nose, puncturing his right front tire and pitting at the end of this lap. The race in the back is hard and there were pits for Luty, Greg and Burdisso.
In the following two laps, pits for Vacca (two times), Luty (two times) and Greg (third stop in total).

GM Serra pitted at second lap, but climbed up the standing, closing with a great 3rd position.

Fifth lap, quite bad crash for Cardozo at Rascasse and retire for him.
One lap later, Luty retired for an accident at Nouvelle chicane.
Eight lap, Bernard retires because of an hard contact with the outer wall. His McLaren was badly damaged. In the same lap, Wariof started his pitstop dance: three in the following three laps (one for a drive throught).
Lap ten, battle for 4th position in Toro Rosso's family: GM overtook Giaky, who hit the wall at Rascasse: immediate pitstop for him. Unlucky, Giaky Serra speede in pit lane and was constrict to pit again one lap later for a "Drive throught".
Only one lap later, Giaky Serra ended his race hitting Portier's wall.

Best season result for Burdisso: consistent race and 6th place for him and his Williams.

Lap 13, Corigliano lapped Smith, but the british driver completely missed Mirabeau's braking, hitting the leader. McLaren's driver retired and will lose 10 pos in Great Britain GP start. Corigliano was lucky enough to do that would stop in that space, even though he was forced to make two thirds of a turn without the front wing. This was a very chaotic lap: we had the worst accident of the race, Greg (maybe for a suspension failure) crashed really hard with the wall at "Piscine 1",
but in hospital there was confirmation of his excellent condition and lack of consequences.
In three following laps, pits for Corigliano, Cabiddu, Iudicello, Zingalus and Burdisso. DT again for Wariof.
From 15th to 24th we had a quite race, with GM Serra in troubles with his tires (26 laps with same tires set at the end) trying to resist the recovery of Zingalus and Corigliano.

Spectator are in raptures during Cabiddu's last lap.

Lap 22, Corigliano overtook Zingalus at "Piscine".
Lap 24, finally GM Serra is forced to surrender: Corigliano found a little space in Portier, attacking at "Nouvelle Chicane" and overtaking Toro Rosso driver after an awesome fight under the Tunnel.
In last three laps, Sburroso administer his own advantage, while Zingalus tried with no success to overtake GM Serra.
With this result, Corigliano took the top of the standing, and Cabiddu jumped closer to Baroni. GM Serra is still third.

rFactor1 Monaco Grand Prix - Montecarlo - Official Results



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